102 STAT. 924 PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988
Public Law 100-387
100th Congress
An Act
——'- To provide drought assistance to agricultural producers, and for other purposes.
[H.R. 5015]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Disaster United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may
Assistance Act be cited as the "Disaster Assistance Act of 1988".
f u s c f l 4 2 1 note. TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE I—EMERGENCY UVESTOCK ASSISTANCE
Sec. 101. Emergency feed and related assistance.
Sec. 102. Assistance for dairy farmers.
Sec. 103. Emergency forage program.
TITLE II—EMERGENCY CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE
Subtitle A—Annual Crops
Sec. 201. Payments to program participants for target price commodities.
Sec. 202. Pajrments to program nonparticipants for target price commodities.
Sec. 203. Peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
Sec. 204. Soybeans and nonprc^ram crops.
Sec. 205. Crop quality reduction disaster pajmients.
Sec. 206. Effect of Federal crop insurance payments.
Sec. 207. Crop insurance coverage for the 1989 crops.
Sec. 208. Dry edible beans; communication and education.
Sec. 209. Transfer of funds.
Sec. 210. Crops harvested for forage uses.
Sec. 211. Payment limitations.
Sec. 212. De minimus 3delds.
Subtitle B—Forest Crops
Sec. 221. EligibUity.
Sec. 222. Assistance.
Sec. 223. Limitation on assistance.
Sec. 224. Definition.
Sec. 225. Duplicative payments.
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions
Sec. 231. Ineligibility.
Sec. 232. Timing and manner of assistance.
Sec. 233. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 234. Regulations.
Subtitle D—Sense of Congress
Sec. 241. Purposes of disaster pajrments.
TITLE m—OTHER EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Commodity Stock Adjustment
Sec. 301. Soybeans, sunflowers, and cottonseed and sunflower seed oil.
Sec. 302. Oats.
Sec. 303. Producer reserve program for wheat and feed grains.
Sec. 304. Tobacco and peanuts.
Subtitle B—Disaster Credit and Forbearance
Sec. 311. Emergency loans.
Sec. 312. 1989 farm operating loans.
Sec. 313. Forbearance and restructuring for farm loans.
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Subtitle C—Conservation Assistance '
Sec. 321. New conservation measures.
Sec. 322. Conservation reserve enhancement programs.
Subtitle D—Rural Business
Sec. 331. Disaster assistance for rural business enterprises.
Sec. 332. Sale of com to ethanol producers.
Sec. 333. Survey of agribusiness.
Sec. 334. Forward contracting report.
Sec. 335. Rural economic development response to the drought.
Subtitle E—Agricultural Exports
Sec. 341. Sense of Congress—agricultural exports.
Subtitle F—Food Prices
Sec. 351. Sense of Congress—food prices.
Sec. 352. Study of effect of drought on food prices.
TITLE IV—WATER-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Subtitle A—Water Management for Rural Areas
Sec. 401. Water management for rural areas.
Subtitle B—Emergency Drought Authority
PART 1—RECLAMATION STATES DROUGHT ASSISTANCE
Sec. 411.
Short title.
Sec. 412.
Assistance during drought.
Sec. 413.
Availability of water on a temporary basis.
Sec. 414.
Emergency loan program.
Sec. 415.
Interagency coordination.
Sec. 416.
Report.
Sec. 417.
Carryover storage and water. New Melones Unit, Central Valley project,
California.
Sec. 418. Initiation and termination of emergency drought program.
PART 2—WATER PROJECT
Sec. 421. Central Valley project water releases.
PART 3—AUTHORIZATION AND SAVINGS CLAUSE
Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 432. Savings clause.
TITLE V-MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARMWORKER ASSISTANCE
Sec. 501. Emergency assistance payments to migrant farmworker households.
Sec. 502. Prorating benefits of migrant or seasonal farmworker households.
Sec. 503. Assistance to low-income agricultural workers.
TITLE I—EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK
ASSISTANCE
SEC. 101. EMERGENCY FEED AND RELATED ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new title:
"TITLE VI—EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE Emergency
A C T O F 1988 Livestock Feed
Assistance Act
"SHORT TITLE °^ ^^^^•
"SEC. 601. This title may be cited as the 'Emergency Livestock 7 USC1421 note.
Feed Assistance Act of 1988'.
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"DEFINITIONS
7 use 1471. "SEC. 602. As used in this title:
"(1) The term 'livestock producer' means—
"(A) a person that is actively engaged in farming and that
receives a substantial amount of total income from the
production of grain or livestock, as determined by the
Secretary, that is—
"(i) an established producer or husbander of livestock
or a dairy producer who is a citizen of, or legal resident
alien in, the United States; or
"(ii) a farm cooperative, private domestic corpora-
tion, partnership, or joint operation in which a major-
ity interest is held by members, stockholders, or part-
ners who are citizens of, or legal resident aliens in, the
United States, if such cooperative, corporation, part-
nership, or joint operation is engaged in livestock
production or husbandry, or dairy production; or
"(B) Any of the following entities that is actively engaged
in livestock production or husbandry, or dairy production—
"(i) any Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(b) of the
Indism Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450(b)));
"(ii) any Indian organization or entity chartered
under the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, chapter
576; 25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), commonly known as the
'Indian Reorganization Act';
"(iii) any tribal organization (as defined in section
4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(c))); or
"(iv) any economic enterprise (as defined in section
3(e) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
1452(e)));
"(2) The term 'livestock' means cattle, sheep, goats, swine,
poultry (including egg-producing poultry), equine animals used
for food or in the production of food, fish used for food, and
other animals designated by the Secretary (at the Secretary's
sole discretion) that—
"(A) are part of a foundation herd (including producing
dairy cattle) or offspring; or
"(B) are purchased as part of a normal operation and not
to obtain additional benefits under this title.
"(3) The term 'State' means any State of the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam.
"(4) The term 'feed', for the purposes of emergency feed
assistance, means any t3rpe of feed (including feed grain, oilseed
meal, premix or mixed feed, liquid or dry supplemental feed,
roughs^e, pasture, or forage) that—
"(A) best suits the livestock producer's operation; and
"(B) is consistent with acceptable feed practices.
"(5) The term 'area' includes any Indian reservation (as de-
fined in section 335(eXlXDXii) of the (Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1985(eXlXDXii))).
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EMERGENCY UVESTOCK ASSISTANCE
"SEC. 603. (a) The Secretary shall provide emergency feed assist- 7 use I47ia.
ance under this title for the preservation and maintenance of
livestock in any State or area of a State where, because of disease,
insect infestation, flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm,
hot weather, or other natural disaster, the Secretary determines
that a livestock emergency exists.
"0)X1) The Secretary shall provide emergency feed assistance
under this title for the preservation and maintenance of livestock, to
livestock producers that—
"(A) conduct farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations in
any county contiguous to a county where the Secretary has
determined, under subsection (a), that a livestock emergency
exists, and
"(B) are otherwise eligible for assistance under this title.
"(2) Tlie Secretary shall accept applications for assistance under
this subsection from producers that are affected by the livestock
emergency at any time during the eight-month period beginning on
the date on which the Secretary determines that such emergency
exists in the other coimty.
DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR ASSISTANCE
"SEC. 604. (aXD Whenever the Governor of a State determines State and local
that a livestock emergency due to a natural disaster exists in the governments.
State, or a county committee established under section SO?) of the 7 u s e 1471b.
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590(b))
determines that such an emergency exists in the county, the Gov-
ernor or county committee may submit a request for a determina-
tion by the Secretary of a livestock emergency in such State or
county and for emergency livestock feed assistance under this title.
"(2) The request of a Governor or county committee for a livestock
emergency determination and for emergency livestock feed assist-
ance shall include, to the extent feasible, recommendations to the
Secretary of those options that will most fully use feed available
through local sources.
"(b) The Secretary may consider a State, county, or area in a State
for a livestock emergency determination and emergency livestock
feed assistance under this title whether or not a request for assist-
ance is submitted, as described in subsection (a).
"(c) The Secretary shall act on requests for determinations under
subsection (a) and make final determinations on whether a livestock
emergency exists in any State, county, or area, under regulations
that ensure thorough and prompt action (not later than 30 days
sdter receipt of any such request) and provide for appropriate
notification procedures.
"(d) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, any
State, county, or area determined eligible, due to drought or related
conditions in 1988, for the emergency feed program or emergency
feed assistance program conducted prior to the effective date of this
title shall continue to be eligible for such programs and may be
eligible for other programs under this title for such drought or
related condition. As soon as practicable after the effective date of
this title, the Secretary shall determine whether any of the pro-
grams described in section 606, other than the emergency feed
program under section 606(aX4) and the emergency feed assistemce
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program under section 606(aX2), or in section 607 should be made
available in such State, county, or area. If the Secretary makes such
determination, the Secretary shall make such programs imme-
diately available to livestock producers in the State, county, or area.
EUGIBLE PRODUCERS
7 use 1471c. "SEC. 605. (aXl) If the Secretary determines that a livestock
emergency exists in a State, county, or area, qualifying livestock
producers located in such State, county, or area, or in a contiguous
county as provided for in section 603(b), shall be eligible (under
application procedures established by the Secretary) for emergency
feed assistance under this title in accordance with this subsection.
"(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a 'qualifjring livestock
producer' is a livestock producer who has suffered a substantial loss
in feed normally produced on the farm for such producer's livestock
as a result of the livestock emergency and, as a result, does not have
sufficient feed that has adequate nutritive value and is suitable for
each of such producer's particular t3rpes of livestock (as of the date
of the request, or initiation of consideration, for a determination of a
livestock emergency under section 604) for the estimated duration of
the emergency.
"(3) Each qualifjdng livestock producer shall be eligible for emer-
gency feed assistance under the programs specified in section 606(a)
that is made available where the producer is located in quantities
sufficient to meet such feed deficiency with respect to the producer's
livestock normally fed with feed produced by the producer.
"(b) Each livestock producer in such State, county, or area, or in a
contiguous county as provided for in section 603(b), regardless of
whether the producer qualifies for assistance under subsection (a),
shall be eligible for emergency assistance under the programs speci-
fied in section 607 that are made available where the producer is
located.
"(c) Any livestock producer, located in a county or area in which
benefits under the emergency feed program or the emergency feed
assistance program were made available due to the drought or
related condition in 1988 prior to the effective date of this title, who
qualifies for assistance under such pre-existing programs shall be
eligible for assistance for such drought or related conditions as
prescribed in subsection (a) or, at the producer's option, for assist-
ance under such pre-existing programs.
" A S S I S T A N C E PROGRAMS
7 use I47id. "SEC. 606. (a) In accordance with section 605(a), the Secretary
shall make one or more of the following assistance programs avail-
able to qualifying livestock producers in a State, county or area, if
the Secretary determines that the livestock emergency in such
State, county or area requires the implementation of such program:
"(1) The donation of feed grain owned by the Commodity
Credit Corporation to producers who are financially unable to
purchase feed under paragraph (2) or to participate in any other
program authorized under this subsection.
"(2) The sale of feed grain owned by the Commodity Credit
Corporation to producers for livestock feed at a price, estab-
lished by the Secretary, that does not exceed—
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"(A) with respect to such assistance provided for any
livestock emergency determined to exist prior to January 1,
1989, 75 percent of the current basic county loan rate for
such feed grain in effect under this Act (or at a comparable
price if there is no such current basic county loan rate), or
"(B) with respect to such assistance provided for any
other livestock emergency, 50 percent of the average
market price in the county or area involved, as determined
by the Secretary.
"(3) Reimbursement of any transportation and handling ex- Transportation.
penses incurred, not to exceed 50 percent of such expenses, by a
producer in connection with feed grain donations or sales under
paragraphs (1) and (2).
"(4) Reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of
feed purchased by a producer for the producer's livestock during
the duration of the livestock emergency.
"(5) Hay and forage transportation assistance to producers of Transportation.
not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of transporting hay or forage
purchased from a point of origin beyond a producer's normal
trade area to the livestock, subject to the following limitations:
"(A) The transportation assistance may not exceed $50
per ton of eligible hay or forage ($12.50 for silage).
"(B) The quantity of eligible hay and forage for each
producer may not exceed the lesser of—
"(i) 20 pounds per day per eligible animal unit; or
"(ii) the quantity of additional feed needed by the
producer for the duration of the livestock emergency.
"(6) Livestock transportation assistsuice to producers of not to Transportation.
exceed 50 percent of the cost of transporting livestock to and
from available grazing locations, except that such assistance
may not exceed the lesser of—
"(A) $24 per head of a producer's eligible livestock; or
"(B) the local cost of the quantity of additional feed
needed by the producer for the eligible livestock for dura-
tion of the livestock emergency.
"(b) If assistance is made available through the furnishing of feed
grain under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary may
provide for the furnishing of the feed grain through a dealer or
manufacturer and the replacing of the feed grain so furnished from
feed grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
"(c) In providing assistance under paragraph (2) or (4) of subsec-
tion (a), the Secretary may make in-kind pa3anents or reimburse-
ments through the issuance of negotiable certificates that the
Commodity Credit (Dorporation shall exchange for a commodity in
accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary.
"(d) No pajrment or benefit provided under this section shall be
payable or due until such time as a completed application therefor
has been approved.
"(e) A person eligible to receive a payment or benefit under this
section with respect to a livestock emergency determined to exist
prior to January 1,1989, shall make application for such payment or
benefit not later than March 31, 1989, or such later date that the
Secretary, by r^ulation, may prescribe.
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ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE
7 use I47le. "SEC. 607, (a) In addition to the assistance provided under section
606, if the Secretary determines that the livestock emergency also
requires the implementation of one or more of the assistance pro-
grams described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall implement
such programs.
"(b) Special assistance under this section includes—
Transportation. "(1) the donation of feed owned by the Commodity Credit
Corporation for use in feeding livestock stranded and unidenti-
fied as to its owner, including the cost of transporting feed to
the affected area, during such period as the Secretary, by
regulation, may prescribe;
Water. "(2) reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of—
"(A) installing pipelines (if that is the least expensive
method) or other facilities, including tanks or troughs, for
livestock water;
"(B) construction or deepening of wells for livestock
water; or
"(C) developing springs or seeps for livestock water,
as appropriate in drought areas to facilitate more efficient and
better-distributed grazing on land normally used for grazing.
Such cost-share assistance may not be made available to provide
water for wildlife or recreational livestock, dry lot feeding, or
bams or corrals, or to acquire pumping equipment;
"(3) reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of
burning prickly pear cactus to make it suitable for animal feed;
and
"(4) making commodities owned by the Commodity Credit
Corporation available to livestock producers through the use of
a catalog that specifies lots of a size that are economically
feasible for a small producer to obtain by means of certificate
exchanges.
"USE OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
7 use I47if. "SEC. 608. The Secretary shall carry out this title through the use
of the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit
Corporation.
"BENEFITS UMITATION
7 use I47lg. "SEC. 609. (a) The total amount of benefits that a person shall be
entitled to receive annually under one or more of the programs
established under this title may not exceed $50,000.
Regulations. "(b) The Secretary shall issue regulations—
"(1) defining the term 'person', which shall conform, to the
extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term 'person'
issued under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985, or
successor statute;
"(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines nec-
essary to ensure a fair and resisonable application of the limita-
tion established under this section; and
"(3) providing that the term 'person' sheill include, in the case
of any cooperative association of producers, each member of the
association with respect to benefits due to such member of the
association.
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"(c) No person may receive benefits under this title attributable to
lost production of a feed commodity due to a natural disaster in 1988
to the extent that such person receives a disaster pajmient under the
Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 on such lost production.
"(d) Each person otherwise eligible for a livestock emergency
benefit under this title in 1988 shall be subject to the combined
payment and benefits limitation established under section 211(c) of
the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988.
INEUGIBILTTY
"SEC. 610. (a) Any person that has qualifying gross revenues in 7 use I47ih.
excess of $2,500,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary, shall
not be eligible to receive any livestock emergency benefits under
this title.
"(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'qualifying gross reve-
nue' means—
"(1) if a majority of the person's annual income is received
from farming and ranching operations, the gross revenue from
the person's farming and ranching operations; and
"(2) if less than a majority of the person's annual income is
received from farming and ranching operations, the person's
gross revenue from all sources.
"ADMINISTRATION
"SEC. 611. (a) The Commodity Credit Corporation shall issue Regulations.
r^ulations to carry out this title. ^ use I47ii.
"0)) Such regulations shall establish procedures to ensure that the
request for assistance by a Governor or county committee under
section 604, and individual applications of livestock producers under
section 605 for assistance, are processed and decisions thereon are
made as quickly as practicable.
"(c) For purposes of this title, indigenous plants available to a
livestock producer but not normally consumed by livestock as feed,
such as cactus, may not be considered as feed on hand for such
producers.
"PENALTIES
"SEC. 612. A person that disposes of any feed made available to a 7 use I47ij.
livestock producer under this title other than as authorized by the
Secretary shall be (1) subject to a civil penalty equal to the market
value of the feed involved, to be recovered by the Secretary in a civil
suit brought for that purpose, and (2) guilty of a misdemeanor and,
on conviction thereof, subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, or
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.".
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—(1) Section 1105 of the Food and Agri-
culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2267) is repealed.
(2) Section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1427) is
amended by striking out "and may make feed owned or controlled "^
by it" in the fifth sentence and all that follows through the end of
the sixth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "and may donate or
sell commodities in accordance with title VI.".
(3) Section 421 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1433) is
repealed.
(4) Public Law 86-299 (73 Stat. 574), as amended, is repealed. 7 use 1427 note.
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(6) Section 303 of the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 (7
U.S.C. 1427 note) is repealed.
7 u s e 1427 note. (c) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—(1) This section and the amendments made
by this section shall become effective 15 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) The provisions of section 604(d), 605(c), 606(aX2XA), 606(e),
609(c), and 609(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by
subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to any livestock emer-
gency in 1988.
SEC. 102. ASSISTANCE FOR DAIRY FARMERS.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 1989 GENERALLY.—Section 201(dXlXD) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(dXlXD)) is amended by striking
out "if for any of the calendar years 1988, 1989, and 1990" and
inserting in lieu thereof "if for each of the calendar years 1988 and
1990".
Effective date. (b) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN PRICE SUPPORT.—Notwithstanding sec-
Termination tion 201(dXl) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(dXl)), the
date. rate of price support for milk in effect under such section imme-
7 u s e 1446 note. diately before April 1, 1989, shall be increased by 50 cents through-
out the period beginning on April 1, 1989, and ending on June 30,
1989.
eontracts. SEC. 103. EMERGENCY FORAGE PROGRAM.
7 u s e 1471d
note. (a) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall implement
an emergency forage p r ( ^ a m for established pasture damaged by
the drought or related condition in 1988, under which the Secretary
shall enter into cost-share agreements with owners or operators of
such damaged land to provide for reseeding of forage crops on such
land to facilitate late fall 1988 and early spring 1989 grazing and
hajring. Assistance may be provided to such owners and operators
only when—
(1) the forage crop will not regenerate naturally;
(2) reseeding is the most cost-effective method to reestablish
the forage crop; and
(3) reseeding is not undertaken simply to improve the forage
crop damaged by the drought.
(b) CJOST-SHARE.—The Secretary shall share half the costs incurred
under each agreement entered into under subsection (a), including
the costs of seed, fertilizer, and other inputs on reseeded pasture.
(c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The total amount of payments an owner or
operator of pasture land shall be entitled to receive under this
section shall be $3,500.
(2) The Secretary may cost-share for reseeding under this section
only if the reseeding is to nonannual crops planted for pasture
purposes.
(d) FUNDING.—(1) The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the (Dommodity Credit (Corporation to carry out this
section.
(2) Not more than $50,000,000 of the funds of the (Commodity
Credit (Corporation may be expended under paragraph (1).
(3) To ensure the equitable award of funds under agreements
under this section, as limited under paragraph (2), the Secretary
may prorate, and adopt procedures to facilitate proration of, funds
made available under this section.
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TITLE II—EMERGENCY CROP LOSS
ASSISTANCE
Subtitle A—Annual Crops
SEC. 201. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR TARGET PRICE 7 USC 1421 note.
COMMODITIES.
(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—(1) Effective only for producers on a
farm who elected to participate in the production adjustment pro-
gram established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1988
crop of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or
rice, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the Secretary
of Agriculture determines that, because of drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988, the total quantity of the 1988
crop of the commodity that such producers are able to harvest on
the farm is less than the result of multipl3dng 65 percent of the farm
program pajmient yield established by the Secretary for such crop
by the sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the acreage
prevented from being planted (because of drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988, as determined by the Sec-
retary) for such crop, the Secretary shall make a disaster payment
available to such producers at a rate equal to—
(A) 65 percent of the established price for the crop for any
deficiency in production greater than 35 percent, but not
greater than 75 percent, for the crop; and
(B) 90 percent of the established price for the crop for any
deficiency in production greater than 75 percent for the crop.
(2)(A) Payments provided under paragraph (1) for a crop of a
commodity may not be made available to producers on a farm with
respect to any acreage in excess of the permitted acreage for the
farm for the commodity.
(B) Pajnnents provided under paragraph (1) for a crop of a Contracts.
commodity may not be made available to producers on a farm unless insurance,
such producers enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil crop
insurance, to the extent required under section 207.
(3) The total quantity of a crop of a commodity on which deficiency
payments otherwise would be payable to producers on a farm under
the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall be reduced by the quantity on
which a payment is made to the producers for the crop under
paragraph (1).
(4) Effective only for the 1988 crops of wheat and feed grains, in Conservation.
the case of producers on a farm who elected after March 11,1988, to
devote all or a portion of the permitted acrecige of the farm for the
commodity to conservation or other uses in accordance with section
107D(cXlXC) or 105ac)(lXB) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1445b-3(cXlXC) or 1444e(cXlXB)), the Secretary shall allow (within
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act) such producers
to (elect whether to receive disaster payments in accordance with
this subsection in lieu of payments under such section.
(b) ADVANCE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—(1) This subsection shall
apply only to producers on a farm who elected to participate in the
production adjustment program established under the Agricultural
Act of 1949 for the 1988 crop of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or
rice.
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(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), if because of drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988 the total quantity of
the 1988 crop of the commodity that the producers are able to
harvest on the farm is less than the result of multiplying the farm
program payment 5deld established by the Secretary for such crop
by the sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the acreage
prevented from being planted (because of such natural disaster, as
determined by the Secretary) for such crop (hereinafter referred to
as the "qualifying amount"), the producers shall not be required to
refund any advance deficiency pa3anent made to the producers for
such crop under section 107C of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1445b-2) with respect to that portion of the deficiency in
production that does not exceed 35 percent of the qualifying amount.
Contracts. (B) Producers on a farm shall not be eligible for the waiver
Insurance. provided for Under subparagraph (A), unless such producers enter
into an agreement to obtain multiperil crop insurance, to the extent
required under section 207.
(3) The Secretary shall allow producers on a farm that elected,
prior to the date of enactment of this Act, not to receive advance
deficiency payments made available for the 1988 crop under section
107C of such Act, to elect (within 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act) whether to receive such advance deficiency
payments.
(4) Effective only for the 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland
cotton, and rice, if the Secretary determines that any portion of the
advance deficiency pa3rment made to producers for the crop under
section 107C of such Act must be refunded, such refund shall not be
required prior to July 31, 1989, for that portion of the crop for which
a disaster pa3anent is made under subsection (a).
7 u s e 1421 note. SEC. 202. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM NONPARTICIPANTS FOR TARGET
PRICE COMMODITIES.
(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—Effective only for producers on a farm
who elected not to participate in the production adjustment program
established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1988 crop of
wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice, if
the Secretary of Agriculture determines that because of drought,
hail, excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988, the total
quantity of the 1988 crop of the commodity that such producers are
able to harvest on the farm is less than the result of multipl3dng 65
percent of the county avercige 3deld established by the Secretory for
such crop by the sum of acreage planted for harvest and the acreage
for which prevented planted credit is approved by the Secretary for
such crop under subsection (b), the Secretary shall make a disaster
pajmient available to such producers. The pajonent shall be made to
the producers at a rate equal to—
(1) 65 percent of the basic county loan rate (or a comparable
price if there is no current basic county loan rate) for the crop,
as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in production
greater than 35 percent, but not greater than 75 percent, for the
crop; and
(2) 90 percent of the basic county loan rate (or a comparable
price if there is no current basic county loan rate) for the crop,
as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in production
greater than 75 percent for the crop.
(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—^The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acre-
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age that producers on a farm were prevented from planting to the
1988 crop of the commodity for harvest because of drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988, as determined by
the Secretary. Such acreage may not exceed the greater of—
(1) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm planted (or
prevented from being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity
for harvest in 1987 minus acreage actually planted to the
commodity for harvest in 1988; or
(2) a quantity equal to the average of the acreage on the farm
planted (or prevented from being planted due to a natural
disaster or other condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in 1985, 1986, and 1987, minus
acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest in 1988.
The Secretary shall make appropriate adjustments in applying the
limitations contained in the preceding sentence to take into account
crop rotation practices of the producers.
(c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The amount of pajrments made available to
producers on a farm for a crop of a commodity under subsection (a)
shall be reduced by a factor equivalent to the acreage limitation
program percentage established for such crop under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949.
(2) Payments provided under subsection (a) for a crop of a Contracts.
commodity may not be made available to the producers on a farm Insurance,
unless such producers enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil
crop insurance, to the extent required under section 207.
SEC. 203. PEANUTS, SUGAR, AND TOBACCO. 7 USC 1421 note.
(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—(1) Effective only for the 1988 crops of
peeinuts, sugar beets, sugarcane, and tobacco, if the Secretary of
Agriculture determines that, because of drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988, the total quantity of the 1988
crop of the commodity that the producers on a farm are able to
harvest is less than the result of multiplying 65 percent of the
county average yield (or program yield, in the case of peanuts)
established by the Secretary for such crop by the sum of the acreage
planted for harvest and the acreage for which prevented planted
credit is approved by the Secretary for such crop under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall make a disaster pajnnent available to such
producers. The payment shall be made to the producers at a rate
equal to—
(A) 65 percent of the applicable payment level under para-
graph (2), as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in
production greater than 35 percent, but not greater than 75
percent, for the crop (or in the case of a crop of hurley tobacco or
flue-cured tobacco, for any deficiency in production greater than
35 percent, but not greater than 75 percent, of the farm's
effective marketing quota for 1988); and
(B) 90 percent of the applicable payment level under para-
graph (2), as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in
production greater than 75 percent for the crop (or, in the case
of hurley tobacco or flue-cured tobacco, for any deficiency in
production greater than 75 percent of the farm's effective
marketing quota for 1988).
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the payment level for a commod-
ity shall be equal to—
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(A) for peanuts, the price support level for quota peanuts or
the price support level for additional peanuts, as appropriate;
(B) for tobacco, the national average loan rate for the type of
tobacco involved, or (if there is none) the market price, as
determined under section 204(aX2); and
(C) for sugar beets and sugarcane, a level determined by the
Secretary to be fair and reasonable in relation to the level of
price support established for the 1988 crops of sugar beets and
sugarcane, and that, insofar as is practicable, shall reflect no
less return to the producer than under the 1988 price support
levels.
(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acre-
age that producers on a farm were prevented from planting to the
1988 crop of the commodity for harvest because of drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988, as determined by
the Secretary. Such acreage may not exceed the greater of—
(1) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm planted (or
prevented from being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity
for harvest in 1987 minus acreage actually planted for harvest
in 1988; or
(2) a quantity equal to the average of the acreage on the farm
planted (or prevented from being planted due to a natural
disaster or other condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in 1985, 1986, and 1987, minus
acreage actually planted to the commcxiity for harvest in 1988.
The Secretary shall make appropriate adjustments in appl5dng the
limitations contained in the preceding sentence to take into account
crop rotation practices of the producers and increased quotas for the
1988 crops of tobacco.
Contracts. (c) LIMITATION.—Payments provided under subsection (a) for a
Insurance. crop of a Commodity may not be made available to the producers on
a farm unless such producers enter into an agreement to obtain
multiperil crop insurance, to the extent required under section 207.
(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR PEANUTS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law—
(1) a deficiency in production of quota peanuts from a farm, as
otherwise determined under this section, shall be reduced by
the quantity of peanut poundage quota that was the basis of
such anticipated production that has been transferred from the
farm;
Claims. (2) payments made under this section shall be taken into
account whether the deficiency for which the deficiency in
production is claimed was a deficiency in production of quota or
additional peanuts and the pa3mient rate shall be established
accordingly; and
Claims. (3) the amount of undermarketings of quota peanuts from a
farm for the 1988 crop that may otherwise be claimed under
section 358 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.
1358) for purposes of future quota increases shall be reduced by
the quantity of the deficiency of production of such peanuts for
which payment has been received under this section.
(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR TOBACCO.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law—
Claims. (1) the amount of undermarketings of quota tobacco from a
farm for the 1988 crop that may otherwise be claimed under
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 937
section 317 or 319 of the Agricultural Acijustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1314c or 1314e) for purposes of future quota increases
shall be reduced by the quantity of the deficiency of production
of such tobacco for which payment has been received under this
section; and
(2) disaster pa3mients made to producers under this section
may not be considered by the Secretary in determining the net
losses of the Commodity Credit Corporation under section
106A(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-l(d)).
(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR SUGAR.—A producer of the 1988 crop of
sugarcane or sugar beets that is unable to process the commodity
into sugar due to the inability of local processing plants to process
sugar as a result of drought, hail, excessive moisture, or related
condition in 1988 shall be eligible for disaster payments in accord-
ance with subsection (a) for any loss in sugar production attributable
to such inability. Disaster payments made available under this
subsection for such loss of production shall be reduced by an amount
equal to any proceeds received by the producer from the disposition
of that portion of the crop on which disaster pajrments are made.
SEC. 204. SOYBEANS AND NONPROGRAM CROPS. 7 USC 1421 note.
(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.--(1XA) Effective only for the 1988 crops of
soybeans and nonprogram crops, if the Secretary of Agriculture
determines that, because of drought, hail, excessive moisture, or
related condition in 1988, the total quantity of the 1988 crop of the
commodity that the producers on a farm are able to harvest is less
than the result of multiplying 65 percent of—
(i) with respect to soybeans, the State, area, or county jrield,
adjusted for adverse weather conditions during the three pre-
vious crop years, as determined by the Secretary; or
(ii) with respect to nonprogram crops, the jdeld established by
the Commodity Credit Corporation under subsection (dX2),
for such crop by the sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the
acreage for which prevented planted credit is approved by the
Secretary for such crop under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
make a disaster payment available to such producers.
(B) The pajmient shall be made to such producers at a rate equal
to—
(i) 65 percent of the applicable payment level under para-
graph (2), as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in
production greater than 35 percent, but not greater than 75
percent, for the crop; and
(ii) 90 percent of the applicable payment level under para-
graph (2), as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in
production greater than 75 percent for the crop.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the payinent level for a commod-
ity shall equal the simple average price received by producers of the
commodity, as determined by the Secretary subject to paragraph (3),
during the marketing years for the immediately preceding nve crops
of the commodity, excluding the year in which the average price was
the highest and the year in which the average price was the lowest
in such period.
(3XA) The Secretary shall make disaster payments under subsec- Regulations.
tion (a) on a crop by crop basis, with consideration given to markets
and uses of the crops, under regulations issued by the Secretary.
(B) For the purposes of determining the payment rates on a crop
by crop basis, the Secretary shall consider as separate crops, and
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develop separate payment rates insofar as is practicable for, dif-
ferent varieties of the same commodity for which there is a signifi-
cant difference in the economic value in the market.
(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acre-
age that producers on a farm were prevented from planting to the
1988 crop of the commodity for harvest because of drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988, as determined by
the Secretary. Such acreage may not exceed the greater of—
(1) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm planted (or
prevented from being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity
for harvest in 1987 minus acreage actually planted for harvest
in 1988; or
(2) a quantity equal to the average of the acreage on the farm
planted (or prevented from being planted due to a natural
disaster or other condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in 1985, 1986, and 1987, minus
acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest in 1988.
The Secretary shall make appropriate adjustments in appljdng the
limitations contained in the preceding sentence to take into account
crop rotation practices of the producers.
Contracts. (c) LIMITATION.—Pa5nments provided under subsection (a) for a
Insurance. crop of a Commodity may not be made available to the producers on
a farm unless such producers enter into an agreement to obtain
multiperil crop insurance, to the extent required under section 207.
(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR NONPROGRAM CROPS.—(1) As used in this
section, the term "nonprogram crop" means all crops (including
sweet potatoes) for which crop insurance through the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation was available for crop year 1988, and other
commercial crops (including sweet potatoes) for which such insur-
ance was not available for crop year 1988, except that such term
shall not include a crop covered under section 201, 202, or 203, or
soybeans,
i (2) The Commodity Credit Corporation shall establish disaster
program farm yields for nonprogram crops. The yield for a farm
shall be based on proven yields, if the producers on the farm can
provide satisfactory evidence to the Commodity Credit Corporation
of actual crop yields on the farm for at least one of the immediately
preceding three crop years. If such data do not exist for any of the
three preceding crop years, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
establish a yield for the farm by using a county average yield for the
commodity.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the producers of nonprogram
crops to provide satisfactory evidence of crop losses resulting from
drought, hail, excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988 in
order for such producers to obtain disaster pa3mients under this
section.
7 u s e 1421 note. SEC. 205. CROP QUALITY REDUCTION DISASTER PAYMENTS.
(a) I N GENERAL.—To ensure that all producers of 1988 crops
covered under the provisions of sections 201 through 203, and
producers of soybeans, are treated equitably, the Secretary of Agri-
culture may make additional disaster pa3nnents to producers of such
crops that suffer losses resulting from the reduced quality of such
crops caused by drought, hail, excessive moisture, or related condi-
tions in 1988, as determined by the Secretary.
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 939
' (b) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.—If the Secretary determines to make
crop quality disaster payments available to producers under subsec-
tion (a), producers on a farm of a crop described in subsection (a)
shall be eligible to receive reduced quality disaster payments only if
such producers incur a deficiency in production of not less than 35
percent and not more than 75 percent for such crop (as determined
under section 201, 202, 203, or 204, as appropriate).
(c) MAXIMUM PAYMENT RATE.—The Secretary shall establish the
reduced quality disaster payment rate, but such rate shall not
exceed 10 percent, as determined by the Secretary, of—
(1) the established price for the crop, for commodities covered
under section 201;
(2) the basic county loan rate for the crop (or a comparable
price if there is no current basic county loan rate), for commod-
ities covered under section 202;
(3) the payment level under section 203(a)(2), for commodities
covered by section 203; and
(4) the payment level under section 204(aX2), for commodities
covered under section 204.
(d) DETERMINATION OF PAYMENT.—The amount of payment to a
producer under this section shall be determined by multipljdng the
pajnnent rate established under subsection (c) by the portion of the
actual harvested crop on the producer's farm that is reduced in
quality by such natural disaster in 1988, as determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 206. EFFECT OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PAYMENTS. 7 USC 1421 note.
In the case of producers on a farm who obtained crop insurance
for the 1988 crop of a commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the amount of pay-
ments made available under this subtitle for such crop to the extent
that the amount determined by adding the net amount of crop
insurance indemnity payment (jgross indemnity less premium paid)
received by such producers for the deficiency in the production of
the crop and the disaster payment determined in accordance with
this subtitle for such crop exceeds the amount determined by
multiplying—
(1) 100 percent of the yield used for the calculation of disaster
pajrments made under this subtitle for such crop, by
(2) the sum of the acreage of such crop planted to harvest and
the acreage for which prevented planting credit is approved by
the Secretary (or, in the case of disaster payments under section
201, the eligible acreage established under sections 201(aXl) and
201(aX2XA)),by
(3XA) in the case of producers who participated in a produc-
tion adjustment program for the 1988 crop of wheat, feed grains,
upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice, the established
price for the 1988 crop of the commodity;
(B) in the case of producers who did not participate in a
production adjustment program for the 1988 crop of wheat, feed
grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice, the b£isic
county loan rate (or a comparable price, as determined by the
Secretary, if there is no current basic county loan rate) for the
1988 crop of the commodity;
(C) in the case of producers of sugar beets, sugarcane, peanuts,
or tobacco, the pajnnent level for the commodity established
under section 203(aX2); and
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(D) in the case of producers of soybeans or a nonprogram crop
(as defined in section 204(dXl)), the simple average price re-
ceived by producers of the commodity, as determined by the
Secretary, during the marketing years for the immediately
preceding five crops of the commodity, excluding the year in
which the average price was the highest and the year in which
the average price was the lowest in such period.
Loans. SEC. 207. CROP INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE 1989 CROPS.
7 use 1421 note. (^) REQUIREMENT.—Subject to the limitations under subsection (b),
producers on a farm, to be eligible to receive a disaster pajonent
under this subtitle, an emergency loan under subtitle C of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et
seq.) for crop losses due to drought, hail, excessive moisture, or
related condition in 1988, or forgiveness of the repa3mient of ad-
vance deficiency pa5rments under section 201(b), must agree to
obtain multiperil crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act for the 1989 crop of the commodity for which such pa}anents,
loans, or forgiveness are sought.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—Producers on a farm shall not be required to
agree to obtain crop insurance under subsection (a) for a
commodity—
(1) unless the producers* deficiency in production, with re-
spect to the crop for which a disaster pajrment under this
subtitle otherwise may be made, exceeds 65 percent;
(2) where, or if, crop insurance coverage is not available to the
producers for the commodity for which the pajonent, loan, or
forgiveness is sought;
(3) if the producers' annual premium rate for such crop
insurance is an amount greater than 125 percent of the average
premium rate for insurance on that commodity for the 1988
crop in the county in which the producers are located;
(4) in any case in which the producers* annual premium for
such crop insurance is an amount greater than 25 percent of the
amount of the pa3rment, loan, or forgiveness sought; or
(5) if the producers can establish by appeal to the county
committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conserva-
tion and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590(b)), or to the
county committee established under section 332 of the (Donsoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (17 U.S.C. 1982), as
appropriate, that the purchase of crop insurance would impose
an undue financial hardship on such producers and that a
waiver of the requirement to obtain crop insurance should, in
the discretion of the county committee, be granted.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall
ensure (acting through the county committees established under
section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
and located in the counties in which the assistance programs pro-
vided for under sections 201 through 205 are implemented and
through the county committees established under section 332 of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in counties in which
emergency loans, as described in sul^ection (a), are made available)
that producers who apply for assistance, as described in subsection
(a), obtain multiperil crop insurance as required under this section.
(2) Each producer who is subject to the requirements of this
section may comply with such requirements by providing evidence
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 941
of multiperil crop insurance coverage from sources other than
through the county committee office, as approved by the Secretary.
(3) The Secretary shall provide by regulation for a reduction in the Regulations.
commissions paid to private insurance agents, brokers, or companies
on crop insurance contracts entered into under this section suffi-
cient to reflect that such insurance contracts principally involve
only a servicing function to be performed by the agent, broker, or
company.
(d) REPAYMENT OF BENEFITS.—Each producer subject to the
requirements under this section shall make immediate repajmient
to the Secretary of any disaster payment or forgiven advance defi-
ciency payment that the producer othei^vise is required to repay,
and (notwithstanding any other provision of law) shall become
immediately liable for full repayment of all principal and interest
outstanding on any emergency loan described in subsection (a) made
subject to this section, at any time (prior to the end of the 1989 crop
year for the commodity involved) that the crop insurance coverage
required of the producer under this section is cancelled by the
producer.
SEC. 208. DRY EDIBLE BEANS; COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION. Insurance.
(a) DRY EDIBLE BEANS.—Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance 7 u s e 1421 note.
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by inserting after subsection (i) the
following new subsection:
"(j) To accumulate, prior to the 1989 crop year, sufficient actuarial
data to enable the Corporation to provide crop insurance that meets
the differentiated needs of producers of different types of dry edible
beans. Commencing with the 1989 crop year, the Corporation shall
make such crop insurance available to producers.".
(b) COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION.—The Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation, as soon as practicable, shall make improvements
in—
(1) the dissemination of information to producers on the
availability of Federal crop insurance, using existing Depart-
ment of Agriculture education facilities and producer financial
and crop program support personnel;
(2) the training requirements of crop insurance agents who
sell and service Federal crop insurance coverage;
(3) the incentives to increase the sale of Federal crop insur-
ance through the delivery systems provided for under sections
507(c) and 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act;
(4) the Federal crop insurance agency referral system for
producers seeking information or insurance coverage;
(5) the cooperation between Federal and State agencies relat-
ing to the Federal crop insurance program; and
(6) the use of financial and educational computer programs
available in Federal and State agencies to foster the use of
Federal crop insurance as a uniform input of costs of production
of agricultural commodities for purposes of disaster risk
maneigement.
SEC. 209. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 7 u s e 1421 note.
The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer funds made available
to the Commodity Credit Corporation during fiscal year 1988 to the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in such
amounts as may be necessary for salaries and other expenses in-
curred in carrying out titles I and II of this Act, except that this
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authorization shall be available only if funding for this purpose is
not provided under an appropriations Act.
7 u s e 1421 note. SEC. 210. CROPS HARVESTED FOR FORAGE USES.
Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall announce the terms and condi-
tions by which producers on a farm may establish 1988 3deld with
respect to crops that will be harvested for silage and other forage
uses.
7 u s e 1421 note. SEC. 211. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the total
amount of pa5rments that a person shall be entitled to receive under
one or more of the programs established under this subtitle may not
exceed $100,000.
Animals. (b) No DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No person may receive disaster pay-
ments under this subtitle to the extent that such person receives a
livestock emergency benefit for lost feed production in 1988 under
section 606 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by section
101(a) of this Act.
Animals. (c) COMBINED LIMITATION.—No person may receive any pa5anent
under this subtitle or benefit under title VI of the Agricultural Act
of 1949 for livestock emergency losses suffered in 1988 if such
payment or benefit will cause the combined total amount of such
payments and benefits received by such person to exceed $100,000. If
a producer is subject to the preceding sentence, the person may elect
(subject to the benefits limitations under section 609 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949) whether to receive the $100,000 in such payments,
or such livestock emergency benefits (not to exceed $50,000), or a
combination of payments and benefits specified by the person.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue
regulations—
(1) defining the term "person" for the purposes of this section,
which shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regula-
tions defining the term "person" issued under section 1001 of
the Food Security Act of 1985; and
(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines nec-
essary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limita-
tions established under this section.
7 u s e 1421 note. SEC. 212. DE MINIMIS YIELDS.
The Secretary of Agriculture may determine a de minimis yield
for each crop eligible for reduced yield disaster payments under this
subtitle. The de minimis yield shall be set at a level that will
minimize any incentive provided by the prospect of disaster pay-
ments to abandon crops that have a value that exceeds the cost of
harvesting. In no case may the de minimis yield be less than the
amount of production that, when valued at current market prices,
equals the average cost of harvesting the crop, as determined by the
Secretary. Any producer whose actual yield for a crop is equal to or
less than the de minimis yield for such crop shall be considered as
having an actual yield of zero for the purpose of calculating any
reduced yield disaster payments for such crop under this subtitle.
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Subtitle B—Forest Crops ? use 1421 note.
SEC. 221. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) DROUGHT LOSS.—Subject to the limitation in subsection (b), the
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide Eissistance, as specified in
section 222, to eligible tree farmers that planted tree seedlings in
1987 or 1988 for commercial purposes but lost such seedlings as a
result of the drought or related condition in 1988, as determined by
the Secretary.
(b) LIMITATION.—An eligible tree farmer shall qualify for assist-
ance under subsection (a) if such tree farmer's tree seedling mortal-
ity, as a result of the natural disaster, exceeds 35 percent (adjusted
for normal mortality).
SEC. 222. ASSISTANCE.
The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture to eligible
tree farmers for losses described in section 221 shall consist of
either—
(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting
seedlings lost due to drought or related conditions in 1988 in
excess of 35 percent mortality (adjusted for normal mortality);
or
(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, sufficient tree seedlings
to reestablish the stand.
SEC. 223. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.
(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount of payments that a person
shall be entitled to receive under this subtitle may not exceed
$25,000, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
0)) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regu-
lations—
(1) defining the term "person" for the purposes of this sub-
title, which shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the
regulations defining the term "person" issued under section
1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985; and
(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines nec-
. essary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limita-
tion established under this section.
SEC. 224. DEFINITION.
As used in this subtitle, the term "eligible tree farmer" means a
person that produces annual crops from trees for commercial pur-
poses or that grows trees for harvest for commercial purposes, and
owns 1,000 acres or less of such trees.
SEC. 225. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guidelines to ensure
that no person receives duplicative payments under this subtitle and
the forestry incentives program, agricultural conservation program,
or other existing Federal program. '
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7 use 1421 note. Subtitlc C—Administrative Provisions
SEC. 231. INELIGIBILITY.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—A person that has qualifying gross revenues
in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall not be eligible to receive any disaster payment or
other benefits under this title.
Ot)) QuAUFYiNG GROSS REVENUES.—For purposes of this section,
the term "qualifying gross revenues" means—
(1) if a majority of the person's annual income is received
from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the gross reve-
nue from the person's farming, ranching, and forestry oper-
ations; and
(2) if less than a majority of the person's annual income is
received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the
person's gross revenue from all sources.
SEC. 232. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE.
(a) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE.—(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary of Agriculture shall make full disaster assistance avail-
able under this title as soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, no
payment or benefit provided under this title shall be payable or due
until such time as a completed application therefor has been
approved.
(2) A person eligible to receive payments under subtitle A shall
make application for such payments not later than March 31, 1989,
or such later date that the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe.
(b) MANNER.—The Secretary may make payments available under
subtitle A in the form of cash, commodities, or commodity certifi-
cates, as determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 233. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in carrying out
this title.
SEC. 234. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary of Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, as appropriate, shall issue regulations to implement the provi-
sions of this title as soon as practicable, without regard to the
requirement for notice and public participation in rulemaking pre-
scribed in section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or in any
directive of the Secretary.
Subtitle D—Sense of Congress
Rural areas. SEC. 241. PURPOSES OF DISASTER PAYMENTS.
7 use iTfi note ^^ ^^ *^® sense of Congress that disaster pa3mients made to produc-
ers under subtitle A are intended to preserve each producer's liveli-
hood and farming operation, to enable the producer to meet
preexisting commitments and obligations, to protect the infrastruc-
ture of the United States agricultural production input, supply,
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marketing, and distribution systems, and to preserve the vitality
and financial health of rural communities.
TITLE III—OTHER EMERGENCY
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Commodity Stock Adjustment
SEC. 301. SOYBEANS, SUNFLOWERS, AND COTTONSEED AND SUNFLOWER
SEED OIL.
(a) PLANTING OF SOYBEANS AND SUNFLOWERS ON PERMITTED
ACRES.—(1) Effective for the 1989 and 1990 crops, section 504 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new subsection:
"(eXD Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act—
"(A)(i) Effective for the 1989 crops, the Secretary shall permit,
subject to subparagraph (B), producers on a farm to plant
soybeans or sunflowers on a portion (not less than 10 percent
nor more than 25 percent) of the producers' 1989 wheat, feed
grain, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, and rice per-
mitted acreage, as determined by the Secretary.
"(ii) Effective for the 1990 crops, if the Secretary determines
that there will be insufficient supplies of soybeans, the Sec-
retary may permit, subject to subparagraph (B), the producers
on a farm to plant soybeans or sunflowers on a portion (not less
than 10 percent nor more than 25 percent) of the farm's 1990
wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, and
rice permitted acreage, as determined by the Secretary.
"(BXi) For the 1989 crops and, if necessary, the 1990 crops, the
Secretary shall establish a sign-up period during which the
producers on a farm, participating in the wheat, feed grain,
upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice price support and
production adjustment program, must state their intentions
regarding use of the increased planting provision under
subpar£igraph (A).
"(ii) After termination of the sign-up period under clause (i),
the Secretary shall estimate whether, based on the additional
soybean and sunflower plantings for the crop, the average
market price for that crop of soybeans will be below 115 percent
of the loan rate established for the previous crop of soybeans.
"(iii) If the Secretary estimates that the average market price
for the crop of soybeans will be below 115 percent of such loan
rate, the Secretary shall reduce the percentage of permitted
acreage on the farm that may be planted to soybeans and
sunflowers to a level, or prohibit such plantings, as necessary to
ensure that the average soybesm market price does not fall
below 115 percent of such loan rate.
"(iv) For each of the 1989 and 1990 crops, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the CJommittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate a statement setting forth the reasons for
permitting or not permitting producers to plant soybeans or
sunflowers on permitted acreage and any reduction in the
permitted planting percentage under this subparagraph.
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"(CXD For the purposes of determining the farm acreage base
or the crop acreage bases for the farm, any acreage on the farm
on which soybeans or sunflowers are planted under this para-
graph shall be considered to be planted to the program crop for
which soybeans or sunflowers are substituted.
Loans. "(2) The Secretary may not make program benefits other than
soybean or sunflower seed price support loans and purchases
available to producers with respect to acreage planted to soy-
beans or sunflowers under paragraph (1) and shall ensure that
the crop acreage bases established for the farm and the farm
acreage base are not increased due to such plantings.".
Marketing. (2) Not earlier than February 1,1989, and not later than March 1,
Loans. 1989, with respect to the 1989 crop of soybeans, and not later than
7 u s e 1446 note. September 1, 1989, with respect to the 1990 crop of soybeans, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a statement
setting forth the reasons for implementing or not implementing the
soybean marketing loan program authorized under section 201(iX3)
of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(iX3)) for such crop.
Such statement shall include—
(A) an economic evaluation of current soybean markets, for-
eign and domestic;
(B) the current foreign soybean production statistics;
Exports. (C) the United States soybean export market situation and
outlook;
(D) the computation of the prevailing world market price for
soybeans, as described in section 201(iX3XB) of such Act;
(E) the fiscal effect of the implementation of the marketing
loan for soybeans; and
(F) such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.
7 u s e 1464 note. 0)) COTTONSEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED OIL.—(1) The Secretary of
Agriculture shall determine if the price of cottonseed or cottonseed
products is adversely affected by the amendment made by subsec-
Loans. tion (aXD. If the Secretary determines that any such price has been
Exports. adversely affected, the Secretary shall support the price of cotton-
seed and cottonseed products through loans, purchases, export
assistance, or any other form of assistance, as necessary to offset
such adverse effect.
Exports. (2XA) Effective for the fiscal years ending September 30,1989, and
September 30, 1990, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds
available under section 32 of Public Law 320, Seventy-fourth Con-
gress (7 U.S.C. 612c), to purchase sunflower seed oil and cottonseed
oil to facilitate additional export sales of sunflower seed oil and
cottonseed oil at competitive prices, as necessary and appropriate to
enable United States producers to compete with producers in other
countries in world markets. Funds may be made available under
this subparagraph only to the extent authorized in advance in
appropriations Acts; and such funds shall be in addition to funds
made available for the purchase of sunflower seed oil under section
637 of the rural development, agriculture, and related agencies
appropriations in section lOl(k) of Public Law 100-202 (101 Stat.
1329-357).
(B) To the extent practicable, facilitation of cottonseed oil exports
shall be accomplished through the use of authorities available to the
Secretory other than the authority granted in subparagraph (A).
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(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary
shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 302. OATS.
(a) FARM ACREAGE BASES.—Section 503 of the Agricultural Act of
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1463) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new subsection:
"(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, effective
for each of the 1989 and 1990 crops, if the acreage limitation
percentage established for a crop of feed grains under section 105C(f)
is 12.5 percent or less, the Secretary shall permit producers on a
farm to designate any portion of the farm acreage base (excluding
any portion designated as soybean acreage base) for the crop year £is
acreage base established for oats. For the purposes of determining
the farm acreeige base or the crop acreage bases for the farm, any
acreage on the farm that is designated as oats base under this
p a r ^ a p h and planted to oats for harvest in 1989 or 1990 shall be
considered to be planted to the program crop for which oats are
substituted.
"(2) The Secretary shall not make program benefits other than
benefits available under the program established for oats available
to producers with respect to acreage planted to oats under para-
graph (1), and shall ensure that the crop acreage bases established
for the farm and the farm acreage base are not increased due to
such plantings.".
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that if the 7 u s e 1444e
acreage limitation requirement established for the 1989 or 1990 crop note.
of feed grains under section 105C(f) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is
more than 12.5 percent, the Secretary of Agriculture should estab-
lish the lowest possible acreage limitation requirement for such crop
of oats under section 105C(f) if market imbalances for barley and
oats exist.
SEC. 303. PRODUCER RESERVE PROGRAM FOR WHEAT AND FEED GRAINS.
(a) REPAYMENT OF LOANS.—Effective for the 1988 marketing year 7 u s e 1445e
for wheat or feed grains, once the market price described in clause note.
(5) of the third sentence of subsection (b) of section 110 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e) has been reached at any
time during such marketing year with respect to such commodity,
producers may repay loans made under section 110 for such
commodity during the remainder of such marketing year without
the payment of a penalty, regardless of the then current market
price.
(b) REDEMPTION OF GENERIC CERTIFICATES.—Effective only for the
1988 marketing years for wheat and feed grains, section 110 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new subsection:
"(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a producer has Loans.
substituted purchased or other commodities for the commodities
originally pledged as collateral for a loan made under this section,
the producer may repay the loan using a generic commodity certifi-
cate that may be exchanged for commodities owned by the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation, if the substitute commodities have been
pledged as loan collateral and redeemed only within the same
county.".
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SEC. 304. TOBACCO AND PEANUTS.
(a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—(1) Section 319 of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new subsection:
Contracts. "(kXD Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
Secretary may permit, after July 1 of any crop year, the lease and
transfer of burley tobacco quota assigned to a farm if—
"(A) the planted acreage of burley tobacco on the farm to
which the quota is assigned is determined by the Secretary to be
sufficient to produce the effective farm marketing quota under
average conditions; and
"(B) the farm's expected production of burley tobacco is less
than 80 percent of the farm's effective marketing quota as a
result of a natural disaster condition.
Contracts. "(2) Any lease and transfer of quota under this subsection may be
made to any other farm within the same State in accordance with
regulations issued by the Secretary.".
(2) Section 358a(k)(l) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1358a(k)(l)), as effective for the 1986 through 1990
crops of peanuts, is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: "In the case of a fall transfer or a transfer after the
normal planting season by a cash lessee, the landowner shall not be
required to sign the transfer authorization. A fall transfer or trans-
fer after the normal planting season may be made not later than 72
hours after the peanuts that are the subject of the transfer are
inspected and graded.".
7 use I3l4e (b) QuoTA ADJUSTMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
note. law, if a producer has produced burley tobacco in 1988 in an amount
less than the producer's farm marketing quota for 1988 due to
natural disaster, the Secretary may adjust the producer's burley
tobacco farm marketing quota for the 1989 crop, as established
under section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
(7 U.S.C. 1314(e)), by adding the accumulated undermarketings of
the basic quota for 1988 crop, including undermarketings of leased
quota, to the producer's basic quota for the 1989 crop, except that
such adjustment may not exceed 125 percent of the producer s basic
quota.".
Subtitle B—Disaster Credit and Forbearance
7 u s e 1961 note. SEC. 311. EMERGENCY LOANS.
Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1981(b)) shall not apply to a person who otherwise
would be eligible for an emergency loan under subtitle C of such Act
(subject to the person's compliance with the requirements of section
207 of this Act), if such eligibility is the result of damage to an
annual crop planted for harvest in 1988.
7 u s e 1941 note. SEC. 312.1989 FARM OPERATING LOANS.
(a) DIRECT CREDIT.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall ensure that direct operating loans made
or insured under subtitle B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act for 1989 crop production are made available to
farmers and ranchers suffering major losses due to drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988, as authorized under
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existing law and under regulations of the Secretary that implement
the objective of enabling farmers and ranchers to stay in business.
(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision Real property.
of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available in the Animals.
fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, guarantees to commercial or
cooperative lenders for loans under subtitle B of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, to refinance and reamortize 1988
operating loans, or 1988 or 1989 installments due and payable on
real estate debt, farm equipment or building (including storage
facilities) debt, livestock loans, or other operating debt, of farmers
and ranchers that otherwise cannot be rM)aid due to major losses
incurred by such farmers or ranchers as a result of drought, hail,
excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988.
(2) Each fiscal year 1989 guaranteed loan for 1988 natural disaster
purposes, as described in paragraph (1), shall contain terms and
conditions governing the reamortization of the debt of the farmer or
rancher that will provide the farmer or rancher a reasonable oppor-
tunity to continue to receive new operating credit while repaying
the guaranteed loan, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person eli-
gible to receive pajmients under subtitle A of title II of this Act shall
be deemed eligible to have guaranteed, in accordance with this
subsection, loans made to such person by a commercial or coopera-
tive lender to refinance installment payments that are or become
due and payable during 1988 or 1989, as described in paragraph (1),
except that, to be deemed eligible to have such loan guaranteed, the
person must otherwise be current in the person's obligation to the
commercial or cooperative lender that agrees to accept the guaran-
tee in consideration of allowing the person to make the 1988 or 1989
pajnnent or installment over a period of time not to exceed 6 years
from the original due date of such payment or installment, and must
otherwise meet the criteria for guaranteed loan borrowers under
subtitle B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
established by the Secretary.
(c) USE OF A C I F FUNDS.—For purposes of providing guaranteed
loans in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, in addition to
funds otherwise available, the Secretary may use any funds avail-
able from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund during fiscal
years 1988 or 1989 for emergency insured and guaranteed loans
under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters: Provided,
That funds available from such Fund first shall be used to satisfy
the level of assistance estimated by the Secretary to meet the needs
of persons eligible for emergency disaster loans.
SEC. 313. FORBEARANCE AND RESTRUCTURING FOR FARM LOANS.
(a) FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION.—It is the sense of Congress 7 use I98ia
that the Secretary of Agriculture should, with respect to farmers note.
and ranchers who suffer major losses due to drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988—
(1) exercise forbearance in the collection of interest and prin-
cipal on direct farmer program loans under the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act outstanding for such farmers
and ranchers;
(2) expedite the use of credit restructuring and other credit
relief mechanisms authorized under the Agricultural Credit Act
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of 1987 and similar provisions of law for such farmers and
ranchers; and
(3) encourage commercial lenders participating in guaranteed
farmer lending prc^rams under the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act to exercise forbearance before declaring
loans to such farmers and ranchers under such programs in
default.
12 use 2252 (b) FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION.—It further is the sense of
note. Congress that the Farm Credit Administration should in its over-
sight of Farm Credit System institutions, with respect to farmers
and ranchers who suffer major losses due to drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988—
(1) ensure that Farm Credit S3rstem institutions exercise
forbearance in the collection of principal and interest on loans
outstanding to such farmers and ranchers;
(2) expedite the use of credit restructuring and other credit
relief mechanisms authorized under the Agricultural Credit Act
of 1987 and related provisions of law for such farmers and
ranchers; and
(3) encourage other lenders participating with Farm Credit
System institutions in mutual loan agreements to exercise
forbearance before declaring loans to such farmers and ranch-
ers in default.
Subtitle C—Conservation Assistance
16 u s e 3832 SEC. 321. NEW CONSERVATION MEASURES.
note. (a) I N GENERAL.—(1) In the case of an owner or operator of land
eontracts. who has entered into a conservation reserve program contract under
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3831 et seq.) and harvests hay during the 1988 crop year on acreage
subject to such contract as authorized by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary may not reduce the amount of rental pay-
ments made to such owner or operator as the result of such harvest-
ing to the extent that the owner or operator—
Water. (A) carries out additional conservation practices, approved by
Wildlife. the Soil Conservation Service in consultation with appropriate
Federal and State agencies, to enhance soil, water, and wildlife
conservation on or in the vicinity of lands subject to such
contract; and
(B) pays the costs of carrying out such practices.
(2) The amount of the reduction prohibited under paragraph (1)
shall equal one-half of the amount paid by the owner or operator to
cover the costs of carrying out the conservation practices.
(b) CONSERVATION PRACTICES.—For purposes of subsection (a), the
term "conservation practices" includes—
(1) establishment of permanent shelterbelts and windbreaks;
(2) restoration of wetlands;
(3) establishment of wildlife food plots; or
(4) planting of trees.
SEC. 322. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS.
Effective beginning with the 1988 crop year, subsection (f) of
section 1234 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(f)) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 951
"(4) The provisions of this subsection that limit payments to any Ck)ntracts.
person, and section 1305(d) of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of State and local
1987, shall not be applicable to payments received by a State, governments.
political subdivision, or agency thereof in connection with agree-
ments entered into under a special conservation reserve enhance-
ment program carried out by that entity that has been approved by
the Secretary. The Secretary may enter into such agreements for
payments to States, political subdivisions, or agencies thereof that
the Secretary determines will advance the purposes of this sub-
title.".
Subtitle D—Rural Businesses
SEC. 331. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 7 u s e 1929a
note.
(a) LOAN GUARANTEES.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall Indians.
guarantee loans made in rural areas to public, private, or coopera-
tive organizations, to Indian tribes on Federal and State reserva-
tions or other federally recognized Indian tribal groups, or to any
other business entities to assist them in alleviating distress caused
to such entities, directly or indirectly, by the drought, hail, excessive
moisture, or related condition in 1988, and shall gujirantee loans
made in rural areas to such entities that refinance or restructure
debt as a result of losses incurred, directly or indirectly, because of
such natural disasters in 1988.
OJ) EUGIBLE LOANS.—Loans that may be guaranteed under this Banks and
section are loans made by any Federal or State chartered bank, banking.
savings and loan association, cooperative lending agency, insurance
company, or other legally organized lending agency.
(c) LENDING LIMITS.—-(1) No guarantee under this section may Loans.
exceed 90 percent of the principal amount of the loan and guaran-
tees made on loans to any eligible borrower may not exceed
$500,000.
(2) The total amount of loan guarantees that may be made under
this section shall not exceed $200,000,000.
(d) U S E OF THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND.—The Sec-
retary shall use the Rural Development Insurance Fund established
under section 309A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act for the purposes of discharging the Secretary's obligations
under this section.
SEC. 332. SALE OF CORN TO ETHANOL PRODUCERS. 7 u s e 1427 note.
(a) I N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this section and
notwithstanding section 110(f) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1445e(f)) or any other provision of law, if, during any month
commencing after July 31, 1988, the average com price (as deter-
mined under subsection (d)) exceeds the fuel conversion price (as
defined in section 212 of the Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjust-
ment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 4005)), the Secretary of Agriculture may
make available for sale to domestic producers of ethanol fuel, for the
production of ethanol, not more than 12,000,000 bushels per month
of corn owned by the CJommodity Credit (jorporation.
(b) PRICE.—Corn shall be sold under this section at a price that is
not more than such fuel conversion price, except that such price
shall not be less than 110 percent of the basic county loan rate for
corn, prior to any adjustment made under section 105C(aX3) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444e(aX3)).
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(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The total quantity of corn sold to any
ethanol producer under this section may not exceed 2,000,000 bush-
els per month.
(d) AVERAGE CORN PRICE.—The average corn price under this
section shall be determined by the Secretary based on the average
corn price in markets used for determinations made under clause (5)
of the third sentence of section 110(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1445e(b)).
(e) TERMS.—(1) The Secretary may not make corn or other
commodities available under this section to any domestic producer
of ethanol that uses in excess of 30,000,000 bushels of corn or
comparable commodity annually in producing ethanol.
Animals. (2) Domestic producers of ethanol fuel purchasing corn under this
section shall agree not to resell such corn and to make available a
quantity of feed byproducts equivalent to the quantity processed
from such corn for sale to domestic livestock producers and feeders
in a manner and subject to such terms and conditions as are
approved by the Secretary.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall terminate any program
established under this section no later than September 1, 1989. The
Secretary shall terminate the program on a n earlier date if the
Secretary determines that—
(1) such program is no longer necessary to maintain the
economic viability of the ethanol industry; or
Animals. (2) a sufficient supply of corn otherwise would not be available
to fulfill estimated obligations of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration under emergency livestock feeding programs during
the subsequent 180-day period.
(g) OTHER COMMODITIES.—The Secretary may, at the request of a
domestic producer of ethanol, substitute other feed grains (such as
grain sorghum) for corn on an equitable basis, taking into account
variations in the value of such commodities in the production of
ethanol.
SEC. 333. SURVEY OF AGRIBUSINESS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) conduct a survey of rural business and enterprises, includ-
ing grain handling and storage facilities, in the United States
whose activities involve or are directly related to the produc-
tion, processing, or marketing of agricultural commodities or
products, or to servicing the business and home needs of United
States farmers and ranchers, to determine the extent that such
-~ businesses are being adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by
drought, hail, excessive moisture, or related condition in 1988;
and
Reports. (2) submit a report describing the results of such survey to the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.
SEC. 334. FORWARD CONTRACTING REPORT.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and
submit, to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate, a report on the financial effect that forward contracting.
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 953
hedging, and associated margin requirements for wheat, feed grains,
and soybeans during the recent drought-related period of price
volatiUty have had on producers and on grain marketers, particu-
larly local elevators and intermediaries.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—In the report, the Secretary shall
include a discussion of—
(1) the extent to which currently planted or stored crops are
subject to cash forward contracts or otherwise are hedged, and
what portion of such forward contracts are in danger of being
defaulted on as a result of drought-related crop losses;
(2) the extent to which local graiii elevators may experience
severe financial stress due to de^ults on cash forward contracts
or due to margin requirements on futures market positions;
(3) the extent to which producers have been able to renego-
tiate forward contracts in light of drought-related changes in
economic conditions;
(4) the extent to which hedging and forward contracting
practices may produce unusual demands for credit among farm
producers and marketers in light of drought-related conditions;
and
(5) such other areas of related concern as the Secretary may
find appropriate.
(c) IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall immediately
notify, in advance of the report, the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate if the Secretary finds, in the course
of the study required under this section, that serious economic or
financial problems related to forward contracting, hedging, and
margin requirements for grains are likely to arise.
(d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult with the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on issues
concerning futures markets that arise in the course of the study
required under this section.
SEC. 335. RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE TO THE
DROUGHT.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the disastrous drought of 1988 is adversely affecting a
large number of States, with serious economic consequences for
family farmers;
(2) the harm caused by the drought is not limited to farmers,
but extends to each rural community whose economic viability
is being devastated;
(3) rural businesses and financial institutions are already
experiencing the negative effects of decreased sales, and they
anticipate severe problems over the next year, due to crop
failures and the unavailability of credit;
(4) local rural governments, whose fiscal bases depend on tax
revenues from agriculture and agriculture-related businesses,
will experience, as a result of the effects of the drought, difficul-
ties in providing services that are important to the quality of
life for rural residents;
(5) as a result of the effects of the drought, significant savings
will accrue to the Federal budget due to reduced deficiency
pa5Tnents and storage payments, substantially in excess of the
funds allocated by this Act; and
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(6) assistance to farmers, while essential, represents only the
first stage of a comprehensive response to the serious national
problems created by the drought,
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) budgetary savings that accrue from t h e effects of the
drought and other economic circumstances should, to the maxi-
mum extent possible, be dedicated to relief for farmers and
agricultural workers and to assist rural businesses and commu-
nities in promotion of rural economic development;
(2) action should be taken to establish comprehensive Federal
rural economic programs that address t h e needs of rural
businesses and governments; and
(3) rural development programs should stress efforts to co-
operate with and support local decisionmaking; promote
market-based capital formation; create a more equitable and
dependable partnership between the Federal Government and
other levels of government; provide Federal initiatives for
improving the quality of rural health care, child care, and
education; and foster better understanding of the effect of Fed-
eral spending, tax, trade, and regulatory decisions on rural
communities.
Subtitle E—Agricultural Exports
SEC. 341. SENSE OF CONGRESS—AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the disastrous drought of 1988 is causing substantial agri-
cultural crop losses and is putting an enormous financial
burden on United States farmers and their families;
(2) the Food Security Act of 1985 (A) recognized that agricul-
tural export markets are extremely important in ensuring the
economic recovery and future success of United States farmers,
their families, and rural communities, and (B) established sev-
eral programs to develop and expand agricultural export mar-
kets and help restore the United States share of international
agricultural trade;
(3) the programs under the Food Security Act of 1985, such as
the export enhancement program and the targeted export
assistance program, have been successful to date and have
served to increase agricultural exports;
(4) United States agricultural exports make a substantial
contribution to reducing our Nation's international trade
deficit;
(5) it is important that the United States be perceived £is being
a reliable supplier of agricultural commodities and products;
(6) imposing embargoes on, or taking other steps to reduce the
levels of, the exports of agricultural commodities or products in
wake of the drought will undermine the gains made since 1985
in securing markets for United States agricultural commodities
and products abroad, by allowing foreign competitors oppor-
tunity to move into our international markets; and
(7) imposing embargoes on, or taking other steps to reduce the
levels of, expNorts of agricultural commodities and products
would jeopardize the progress in strengthening our agricultural
export markets made by export assistance programs under the
Food Security Act of 1985.
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 955
(b) SENSE OF Ck}NGRESS.—It is the sense of C!ongress that the
Government should not take any action that (1) will further exacer-
bate the already disastrous circumstances for United States agri-
culture resulting from the drought by imposing, or facilitating the
imposition of, embargoes or other limitations that reduce exports of
agricultural commodities and products, or (2) otherwise jeopardize
United States foreign agricultural markets or give our trading
partners reason to believe United States farmers have become
unreliable suppliers of agricultural commodities and products.
Subtitle F—Food Prices
SEC. 351. SENSE OF CONGRESS—FOOD PRICES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the disastrous drought of 1988 is causing substantial agri-
cultural crop losses and is placing enormous financial burdens
on livestock, poultry, and dairy producers;
(2) in spite of the effects of the drought, the United States
continues to have ample supplies of grain for human and
animal consumption through the upcoming crop year;
(3) the Department of i^riculture projects that even if the
drought continues, food prices are not expected to increase
significantly due to the drought; and
(4) in view of these circumstances, no person in the United
States should have to pay unwarranted, unjustified, or excessive
food prices and that higher food prices, irrespective of their
cause, affect those least able to pay the most.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Reports.
Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with other Federal agen-
cies and State and local agencies where appropriate, should monitor,
study, and report to Congress about food price increases at whole-
sale and retail levels during the coming months, to ensure that no
unwarranted food price increases are implemented and that any
necessary increases are commensurate with commodity price
increases resulting from the drought.
SEC. 352. STUDY OF EFFECT OF DROUGHT ON FOOD PRICES.
(a) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a survey Hunger.
of food and commodity prices as of December 31,1988, to determine
the effects of the drought and related conditions in 1988 on recipi-
ents of Federal nutrition and hunger benefits.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1988, the Secretary shall
submit a report to Congress on the results of the survey required
under subsection (a), including—
(1) an analysis of the adequacy of benefits under Federal
nutrition and hunger p n ^ a m s with respect to any food price
inflation that has occurred because of the drought or related
conditions in 1988; and
(2) recommendations for any actions that may be taken by the
Secretary or Congress to address problems identified in such
survey.
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TITLE IV—WATER-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Subtitle A—Water Management for Rural
Areas
7 u s e 2204c. SEC 401. WATER MANAGEMENT FOR RURAL AREAS.
Corporations. (a) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized,
Indians. directly or in coordination with any other Federal agency, entity,
State 6ind local corporation, department, unit of State or local government, coopera-
governments. tive, confederation, individual, public or private organization,
Indian tribe, or university, to—
Research and (1) conduct research and demonstration projects;
development. (2) provide technical assistance and extension services;
Grants. (3) m£ike grants, loans, and loan guarantees; and
Loans. (4) provide other forms of assistance, for the purpose of help-
ing rural areas make better and more efficient use of water
resources and to alleviate problems arising in such areas from
droughts or lack of water.
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance
under this section for the promotion or establishment of irrigation,
watersheds, and other water management and drought management
activities, including water transmission, application, and activation.
(c) COOPERATION.—In implementing this section, the Secretary—
(1) should address the general, special, and unique problems
of water management existing in rural areas;
(2) may take action independently or in cooperation with
Federal, State, public, or private entities and agencies; and
(3) shall cooperate with—
Compacts (A) cooperatives, public or private organizations, confed-
between States. erations, authorities, or other entities (including such
entities that may be organized under multiple State
agreements or compacts and entities created under State
law) to carry out projects authorized under this section; and
State and local (B) water, watershed, and sewer authorities, rural electric
governments. cooperatives. Federal agencies, and other State or local
governments or agencies.
(d) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary shaU issue regulations to
carry out this section.
(2) Such regulations shall—
(A) specify the terms and conditions that the entities
described in subsections (a) and (c) must meet in order to
participate in programs carried out under this section;
(B) establish a procedure under which entities described
in subsections (a) and (c) may apply for assistance under
this section; and
(C) foster cooperation between such entities and other
Federal, State, or local agencies for the purposes of carrying
out the provisions of this section.
(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term "university"
means—
(1) a land grant university established under the Act of July 2,
1862 (known as the "First Morrill Act"; 12 Stat. 503, chapter
130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 957
(2) a land grant university established under the Act of
August 30, 1890 (known as the "Second Morrill Act"; 26 Stat.
419, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.);
(3)tiheTusk^ee Institute; and
(4) any other support research organization.
(f) FUNDING.—(1) There are authorized to be appropriated each Appropriation
fiscal year such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. authorization.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to accept funds from non-Federal
sources to carry out the activities authorized by this section.
(g) No WAIVERS.—Nothing in this section shall authorize the
waiver of a cost-share requirement under a prc^am established
under any other provision of law.
Subtitle B—Emergency Drought Authority 43 use 502 note.
PART I—RECLAMATION STATES DROUGHT Reclamation
States Drought
ASSISTANCE Assistance Act
of 1988.
SEC 411. SHORT TITLE. Conservation.
This part may be cited as the "Reclamation States Drought
Assistance Act of 1988".
SEC. 412. ASSISTANCE DURING DROUGHT.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting under the authorities of the
Federal reclamation laws (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388),
and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof) and other
appropriate authorities of the Secretary shall—
dXA) perform studies to identify opportunities to augment, Indians.
make use of, or conserve water supplies available to Federal
reclamation projects and Indian water resource developments,
which studies shall be completed no later than March 1, 1990;
and
(B) consistent with existing contractual arrangements and
State law, and without further authorization, undertake
construction, m£ui£igement, and conservation activities that will
mitigate or can be expected to have an effect in mitigating
losses and damages resulting from drought conditions in 1987,
1988, or 1989, which construction shall be completed by Decem-
ber 31,1989; and
(2) assist willing buyers in their purchase of available water
supplies from willing sellers and redistribute such water based
upon priorities to be determined by the Secretary consistent
with State law, with the objective of minimizing losses and
damages resulting from drought conditions in 1987, 1988, and
1989.
SEC 413. AVAILABILITY OF WATER ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior may make Contracts.
available, by contract, consistent with existing contracts or agree-
ments and State law, water or canal capacity at existing Federal
reclsunation projects to water users and others, on a temporary basis
to mitigate losses and damages resulting from drought conditions in
1987,1988, and 1989.
(b) CONTRACTS.—^Any contract signed under this section shall
provide that—
102 STAT. 958 PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988
(1) the price for the use of such water shall be at least
sufficient to recover all Federal operation and maintenance
costs, and an appropriate share of capital costs, except that, for
water delivered to a landholding in excess of 960 acres of class I
lands or the equivalent thereof for a qualified recipient and 320
acres of class I lands or the equivalent thereof for a limited
recipient, the cost of such water shall be full cost (as defined in
section 202(3XA) of Public Law 97-293, 43 U.S.C. 390bb) for those
acres in excess of 960 acres or 320 acres, as appropriate;
(2) the lands not now subject to reclamation law that receive
temporary irrigation water supplies under this section shall not
become subject to the ownership limitations of Federal reclama-
tion law because of the delivery of such temporary water
supplies;
(3) the lands that are subject to the ownership limitations of
Federal reclamation law shall not be exempted from those
limitations because of the delivery of such temporary water
supplies; and
Termination (4) the contract shall terminate no later than December 31,
date. 1989.
(c) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—^The Secretary may make available water
for the purposes of protecting fish and wildlife resources, including
mitigating losses that occur as a result of drought conditions.
SEC 414. EMERGENCY LOAN PROGRAM.
Transportation. The Secretary of the Interior may make loans to water users for
Contracts. the purposes of undertaking management, conservation activities,
or the acquisition and transportation of water consistent with State
law, that can be expected to have an effect in mitigating losses and
damages resulting from drought conditions in 1987, 1988, and 1989.
Such loans shall be made available under such terms and conditions
as the Secretary deems appropriate. Section 203(a) of the Reclama-
tion Reform Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-293; 43 U.S.C. 390cc) shaU
not apply to any contract to repay such loan.
SEC. 415. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.
The prc^am established by this part, to the extent practicable,
shall be coordinated with emergency and disaster relief operations
conducted by other Federal and State agencies under other provi-
sions of law. The Secretary of the Interior shall consult such other
Records. Federal and State agencies as he deems necessary. Other Federal
agencies performing relief functions under other Federal authorities
shall provide the Secretary with information and records that the
Secretary deems necessary for the administration of this part.
SEC. 416. REPORT.
Not later than March 1, 1990, the Secretary of the Interior shall
submit a report and recommendations to the President and Con-
gress on—
(1) expenditures and accomplishments under this part;
(2) l^islative and administrative recommendations for
responding to droughts and drought related problems in the
Reclamation States; and
(3) structural and non-structural measures to mitigate the
effects of droughts.
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11,1988 102 STAT. 959
SEC 417. CARRYOVER STORAGE AND WATER, NEW MELONES UNIT.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT, CALIFORNLL
The first undesignated paragraph under the heading "San Joa-
quin River Basin" in section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962
OHiblic Law 87-874, 76 Stat. 1191) is amended by inserting before
the last period the following: ": And provided further, "Hiat the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make available to the
Oakdale and South San Joaquin irrigation districts, at the current
contract rate, unallocated storage of such districts carried over from
the previous year".
SEC. 418. INTHATION AND DEADLINE OF EMERGENCY DROUGHT
PROGRAM.
(a) LnoTATiON.—^The prt^rams and authorities established under
this part shall become operative in any Reclamation State only
after—
(1) the Governor of that State has declared a drought emer-
gency; and
(2) the afTected area is declared eligible for Federal disaster
relief under applicable rules and regulations.
01>) TERMINATION.—The programs and authorities established
under this part shall terminate on December 31,1989, unless other-
wise specifically stated.
PART 2—WATER PROJECT
SEC 421. CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER RELEASES.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to install a tempera-
ture control curtain as a demonstration project at Shasta Dam,
Central Valley project, California, at a cost not to exceed $5,500,000.
The purpose of the demonstration project is to determine the Fish and fishing.
effectiveness of the temperature control curtain in controlling the
temperature of water releases from Shasta Dam, so as to protect and
enhance anadromous fisheries in tlie Sacramento River and San
Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Estuary
PART 3—AUTHORIZATION AND SAVINGS CLAUSE
SEC 431. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) There are authorized to be appropriated a total amount not to
exceed $25,000,000 for section 412(1XB) and section 414 of this
subtitle.
Q>) Unless otherwise specified, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the remaining
provisions of this subtitle.
SEC 432. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as limiting or restrict-
ing the power and authority of ihe United States or—
(1) as affecting in any way any law governing appropriation or Public lands.
use of, or Federal right to, water on public lancu;
(2) as expanding or diminishing Federal or Stote jurisdiction,
responsibility, interests, or rii^ts in water resources develop-
ment or conUol;
(3) as displacing, superseding, limiting, or modifying any Compacts
interstate compact or vae jurisdiction or responsibility of any between States.
102 STAT. 960 PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988
l^ally established joint or common agency of two or more
States or of two States and the Federal Government;
(4) as superseding, modif3ring, or repealing, except as specifi-
cally set forth in this subtitle, existing law applicable to the
various Federal agencies; or
Compacts (5) as modifying the terms of any interstate compact.
between States.
TITLE V—MIGRANT OR SEASONAL
FARMWORKER ASSISTANCE
SEC. 501. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO MIGRANT FARM-
WORKER HOUSEHOLDS.
(a) EXCLUSION OP ASSISTANCE.—Section 5GtX2) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(kX2)) is amended b y -
CD striking out "(E)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(F)";
(2) striking out "(F)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(G)"; and
(3) inserting the following new subparagraph after subpara-
graph (D):
"(E) emergency assistance for migrant or seasonal farm-
worker households during the period such households are
in the job stream;".
7 use 2014 note. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendments made by this section shall not apply ^m.th
respect to allotments issued under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to
any household for any month b^inning before the effective period
of this section b^ins.
SEC 502. PRORATING BENEFITS OF MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM-
WORKER HOUSEHOLDS.
(a) CERTIFICATION.—Section 8(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2017(c)) is amended by—
(1) striking out "and (2)" and inserting "(2)"; and
(2) inserting before the period at the end thereof the follow-
ing: ", and (3) in the case of a migrant or seasonal farmworker
household, the first month for which allotment is issued to a
household that applies following any period of more than 30
days in which such household was not participating in the food
stainp p n ^ a m after previous participation in such pr(^ram".
7 use 2017 note. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND AppucATiON.—(1) The amendments made
by this section take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendments made by this section shall not apply with
respect to allotments issued under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to
any household for any month beginning before the effective period
of this section begins.
29 u s e 1672 SEC 503. ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.
note.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary services
to be provided by agencies that have received funds under the Job
Training Partnership Act to low-income agricultural workers who
have been adversely affected by the drought of 1988, not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be made available to be derived by transfer from the
i)isaster Relief Program of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. The funds shall be distributed by the Secretary of Labor
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act based on
PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 102 STAT. 961
an assessment of the number of low-income agricultural workers in
each grantee's service delivery area who have lost income or are
unable to work due to the drought, including those workers who
have stayed at home in anticipation of work shortages. Emergency
services to be provided under this section may include all typ^ of
assistance that the Secretary determines to be necessary. For the
purposes of this section, a low-income agricultural worker receiving
assistance must meet the income eligibility requirements of the
section 402 program under the Job Training Partnership Act.
Approved August 11,1988.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5015 (S. 2631):
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-800, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Agriculture) and No. 100-830
(Comm. of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-426 accompanying S. 2631 (C!omm. on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988):
July 28, considered and passed House. S. 2631 considered and passed Senate.
July 29, passage of S. 2613 vitiated; H.R. 5015 considered and passed Senate,
amended, in lieu of S. 2613.
Aug. 8, Senate agreed to conference report.
Aug. 9, House a^«ed to conference report
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 24 (1988>.
Aug. 11, Presidential remarks.